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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:play
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Buried_Child
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:film
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Obie_Award_for_Best_New_American_Play
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gptkbp:character
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gptkb:Taylor
gptkb:Emma
gptkb:Gail
gptkb:Wesley
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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mixed reviews
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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influenced contemporary American theater
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:High_School
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Curse of the Starving Class
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Absurdism
American realism
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Monarch
Existentialism
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:notable_production
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1988 Off-Broadway revival
2000 production at the Royal Court Theatre
2016 production at the Signature Theatre
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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" The past is always with us."
" The world is a hungry place."
" We're all starving for something."
" What is it that we want?"
" You can't escape your family."
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gptkbp:performance
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performed in various theaters worldwide
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gptkbp:premiered_on
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gptkb:1976
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gptkbp:published_by
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gptkb:The_Sam_Shepard_Reader
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gptkbp:related_to
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gptkb:The_Late_Henry_Moss
gptkb:Buried_Child
gptkb:True_West
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:California
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gptkbp:themes
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gptkb:American_Dream
class struggle
poverty
disillusionment
rural America
identity crisis
family dysfunction
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gptkbp:written_by
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gptkb:Sam_Shepard
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